Catching up: Juhannus
Been a busy couple of weeks, haven’t updated here though quite a bit has happened. So, let’s see…
A week ago we had our combined Juhannus + housewarming party at our place. We started off some time Friday in the early afternoon and continued until Saturday evening. Lots of food, drink, sauna ja people, was fun. Friday afternoon was pretty kid-oriented, since we had lots of children bouncing around while their parents concentrated on the important bits in life (aforementioned food, drink and other people). At one point our jacuzzi had more little girls in it than water – at least that’s what it seemed like, judging by the squeals, waving arms & legs, and splashed water.
We got a fun “norski Kimble” drinking game set as housewarming present (thanks, guys!), Marko Saari took some pictures of people playing that.
I “went to sleep” (i.e. crashed on our bed) sometime between 1am and 2am, I hear the party continued for quite a while after that, but since it apparently involved lots of off-key singing I was probably better off asleep. The next morning we kicked ourselves in gear with a healthy dose of eggs, bacon & sparkling wine, a breakfast innovation pioneered by Mervi in Ylistaro and warmly recommended by us. After that some more people arrived and the party went on, though it was more of a chill-out day that party; everyone was more or less hung over and in lizard mode.
All in all, a success. It’s always fun to host a party, but the arrangements plus cleanup make it something that you don’t feel like doing too often. It’s been a while since our last one.
Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:36 Posted in Life, the final frontier
Tags housewarming, juhannus, party
